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Astrocytoma


Fernandez PM, Zamorano L, Yakar D, Gaspar L, Warmelink C.
Permanent iodine-125 implants in the up-front treatment of malignant gliomas
Neurosurgery 1995 Mar;36(3):467-73 

Halligan JB, Stelzer KJ, Rostomily RC, Spence AM, Griffin TW, Berger MS.
Operation and permanent low activity 125I brachytheraphy for recurrent high-grade astrocytomas
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1996 Jun 1;35(3):541-7

Laperriere NJ, Leung PM, McKenzie S, Milosevic M, Wong S, Glen J, Pintilie M, Bernstein M
Randomized study of brachytherapy in the initial management of patients with malignant astrocytoma
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1998 Jul 15;41(5):1005-11

Mayr MT, Crocker IR, Butker EK, Williams H, Cotsonis GA, Olson JJ
Results of interstitial brachytherapy for malignant brain tumors
Int J Oncol. 2002 Oct; 21(4): 817-23


Brain Tumors


Chino K, Silvain D, Grace A, Stubbs J, Stea B.
Feasibility and safety of outpatient brachytherapy in 37 patients with brain tumors using the GliaSite Radiation Therapy System.
Med Phys. 2008 Jul;35(7):3383-8.
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Glioblastoma


David A. Larson, Jeffrey M. Suplica, Susan M. Chang, Kathleen R. Lamborn, Michael W. McDermott, Penny K. Sneed, Michael D. Prados, William M. Wara, M. Kelly Nicholas, Mitchel S. Berger
Permanent iodine 125 brachytherapy in patients with progressive or recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
Neuro-Oncology, April 2004, Volume 6, Number 2, Pages 119 – 126

Patel S, Breneman JC, Warnick RE, Albright RE Jr, Tobler WD, van Loveren HR, Tew JM Jr
Permanent iodine-125 interstitial implants for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
Neurosurgery 2000 May;46(5):1123-8

Wen PY, Alexander E 3rd, Black PM, Fine HA, Riese N, Levin JM, Coleman CN, Loeffler JS
Long term results of stereotactic brachytherapy used in the initial treatment of patients with glioblastomas
Cancer 1994 Jun 15;73(12):3029-36


Gliomas


Glioma (High-Grade)

Florell RC, Macdonald DR, Irish WD, Bernstein M, Leibel SA, Gutin PH, Cairncross JG
Selection bias, survival, and brachytherapy for glioma
J Neurosurg 1992 Feb;76(2):179-83

The Brain Tumor Cooperative Group ; Robert G. Selker, M.D.; William R. Shapiro, M.D.; Peter Burger, M.D.; Margaret S. Blackwood, M.S.; Melvin Deutsch, M.D.; Vincent C. Arena, Ph.D.; John C. Van Gilder, M.D.; Julian Wu, M.D.; Mark G. Malkin, M.D.; John Mealey, Jr., M.D.; John H. Neal, M.D.; Jeffrey Olson, M.D.; James T. Robertson, M.D.; Gene H. Barnett, M.D.; Stephen Bloomfield, M.D.; Robert Albright, M.D.; Fred H. Hochberg, M.D.; Emile Hiesiger, M.D.; Sylvan Green, M.D.
The Brain Tumor Cooperative Group NIH Trial 87-01: A Randomized Comparison of Surgery, External Radiotherapy, and Carmustine versus Surgery, Interstitial Radiotherapy Boost, External Radiation Therapy, and Carmustine
Neurosurgery 2002 Aug;51(2):343-55
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Videtic GM, Gaspar LE, Zamorano L, Fontanesi J, Levin KJ, Kupsky WJ, Tekyi-Mensah S.
Use of the RTOG recursive partitioning analysis to validate the benefit of iodine-125 implants in the primary treatment of malignant gliomas.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1999 Oct 1;45(3):687-92 

Recurrent Tumors


Fabrini MG, Perrone F, De Franco L, Pasqualetti F, Grespi S, Vannozzi R, Cionini L
Perioperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy in the treatment of recurrent malignant gliomas
Strahlenther Onkol. 2009 Aug;185(8):524-9. Epub 2009 Aug 4
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Gliomas (Low-Grade)


Korinthenberg R, Neuburger D, Trippel M, Ostertag C, Nikkhah G
Long-Term Results of Brachytherapy with Temporary Iodine-125 Seeds in Children with Low-Grade Gliomas
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 May 24;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Medulloblastoma


Recurrent Tumors

El Majdoub F, Simon T, Hoevels M, Berthold F, Sturm V, Maarouf M.
Interstitial Brachytherapy using Stereotactic Implanted (125)Iodine Seeds for Recurrent Medulloblastoma.
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2011 Mar 24;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Meningioma


Ware ML, Larson DA, Sneed PK, Wara WW, McDermott MW
Surgical resection and permanent brachytherapy for recurrent atypical and malignant meningioma
Neurosurgery. 2004 Jan;54(1):55-64



Metastatic Tumors


Dagnew E, Kanski J, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, McPherson C, Breneman JC, Warnick RE.
Management of newly diagnosed single brain metastasis using resection and permanent iodine-125 seeds without initial whole-brain radiotherapy: a two institution experience.
Neurosurg Focus. 2007 Mar 15;22(3):E3.
PMID: 17608356 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Huang K, Sneed PK, Kunwar S, Kragten A, Larson DA, Berger MS, Chan A, Pouliot J, McDermott MW.
Surgical resection and permanent iodine-125 brachytherapy for brain metastases
J Neurooncol. 2008 Aug 22. [Epub ahead of print]
 Abstract

Petr MJ, McPherson CM, Breneman JC, Warnick RE
Management of newly diagnosed single brain metastasis with surgical resection and permanent I-125 seeds without upfront whole brain radiotherapy
J Neurooncol. 2009 May;92(3):393-400. Epub 2009 Apr 9
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Rogers LR, Rock JP, Sills AK, Vogelbaum MA, Suh JH, Ellis TL, Stieber VW, Asher AL, Fraser RW, Billingsley JS, Lewis P, Schellingerhout D, Shaw EG; Brain Metastasis Study Group.
Results of a phase II trial of the gliasite radiation therapy system for the treatment of newly diagnosed, resected single brain metastases.
J Neurosurg. 2006 Sep;105(3):375-84.
Abstract

Ruge MI, Kickingereder P, Grau S, Hoevels M, Treuer H, Sturm V.
Stereotactic biopsy combined with stereotactic (125)iodine brachytherapy for diagnosis and treatment of locally recurrent single brain metastases.
J Neurooncol. 2011 Apr 11. [Epub ahead of print]
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